News
International Education News Round-up
(September 1-6, 2009)
Exam needed for grammar admission
(BBC News 09/03/2009)
The UK Department of Education admits that without sitting an entrance exam, children are unlikely to get a place at a grammar school.
UK teenage girls 'worst drunks'
(BBC News 09/01/2009)
Young teenagers in the UK are more likely to get drunk than anywhere else in the industrial world, shows an international survey.
Teachers campaign against code of conduct
(The Guardian 09/02/2009)
A new code of conduct intrudes into teachers' private lives and strips them of human rights, says teachers’ union leader.
Mozambique: Illiteracy rate to drop to 30 percent by 2012
(allAfrica.com 09/02/2009)
Mozambican National director of literacy and adult education Ernesto Muianga reports that the rate of illiteracy in the country, currently placed at 51.9 per cent, is to drop to 30 per cent by 2012.
(Published 8 September 2009, Smart Communications Inc.)
